Where does “balas” come from?

balas (Indonesian) comes from Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

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Ancestry of “balas”, step by step

balas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ballast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchballastballast; baggage
2Middle Dutchballast—

via Malay balas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybalasto reply; to respond; to answer
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baləs—

Words derived from “balas”

Every word from Middle Dutch ballast →